RE: [FW1] Multiple WAN Links.

["iden fw" <iden_fw@FW1-NOSPAMhotmail.com>]

> From: "Mark L. Decker" <mdecker@rainfinity.com>
> Reply-To: <mdecker@rainfinity.com>
> To: "'iden fw'" <iden_fw@hotmail.com>, <cryptotech@gmx.de>
> CC: <gmathur@chat4help.com>, <fw-1-mailinglist@lists.us.checkpoint.com>
> Subject: RE: [FW1] Multiple WAN Links.
> Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 11:52:52 -0800
<< Lots of good discussion snipped >>
> > I think your estimate of $12,000 for an empty 3640 chassis
> > might be a bit high.  Maybe not...
>
> I wish it were.  List price for a Cisco 3640 chassis with IP-only IOS and
> 128M DRAM is US $12,260, and that's without any LAN/WAN cards, extra flash,
> or anything.  Add 8MB flash, a 1E2W module and a T1 WIC, and you're up to
> $15,460 for a typically configured unit, plus maintenance of $1,000 or more
> per year.  They ain't exactly cheap. :-(

The only point that I would make is that you have to have a router for 
connectivity -- so the only price increase is the additional RAM, and if you 
are upgrading from a 26XX series to a 36XX series router (which is not 
inexpensice, granted).

> Mark L. Decker
> Rainfinity
> mdecker@rainfinity.comwww.rainfinity.com


-iden_fw
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